Battle of Castelfidardo

Battle of Castelfidardo
	Part of the Expedition of the Thousand; Italian Unification
Date	18 September 1860
Location	Castelfidardo, Papal States; (present-day Italy)43°28′N 13°33′E
Result	Sardinian victory
Belligerents
Sardinia	Papal States
Commanders and leaders
Enrico Cialdini	Louis de Lamoricière; Georges de Pimodan †; Myles Keogh
Strength
4,880 mobilized	6,550 mobilized
Casualties and losses
62 killed; 184 wounded;	88 killed; ~400 wounded; ~600 captured;

The Battle of Castelfidardo took place on 18 September 1860 at Castelfidardo, a small town in the Marche region of Italy. It was fought between the Royal Sardinian Army – acting as the driving force in the war for Italian unification, against the Papal States.

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